Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/camera/page161/page161.html Where do we stand at this moment? ......."The Leica M9 is a most delightful camera to use and even own. It does not convey that peculiar proud of ownership one feels when handling a film loading M model, but as a photographic tool it delivers sound performance. The characteristics of the M9 bring it close to the dslr competition without however blasting to the top. In this sense the M9 is the true successor of the M5, because that camera too left behind a few precious M features to add aspects that update the camera to the modern times. It is still too early to label the M9 as one of the very best or one of the great or one of the many excellent ones on the market. The current tendency to profile the M8 as a flawed toy and to profile the M9 as one of the best digital cameras in the world is a bit myopic and disregards the many qualities of the M8 as a photographic tool. The IR bias can be put to good use when doing black and white photography in the wider sense of the word. The M8 is a more demanding camera than the M9 is and to get excellent results with the M8 asks for some additional determination. But even the M9 is not a fully mature product and needs some expertise to take great pictures. In the next part we will conclude this essay and offer some perspective on the role and position of the digital CRF in the current imaging world. " -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad